AJAX by Sophocles translated by R. C. Trevelyan CHARACTERS IN THE PLAY ATHENA ODYSSEUS AJAX CHORUS OF SALAMINIANS TECMESSA, concubine of AJAX MESSENGER TEUCER, half-brother of AJAX MENELAUS AGAMEMNON Mute Persons EURYSACES, child of AJAX and TECMESSA Attendants, Heralds, etc. AJAX AJAX (SCENE:-Before the tent of AJAX in the Greek camp at Troy. It is dawn. ODYSSEUS is discovered examining the ground before the tent. ATHENA appears from above.) ATHENA SON of Laertes, ever …showed first 75 words of 332 total…

…showed last 75 words of 332 total…know nothing sure, but drift in doubt. Gladly I assumed the burden of this task. For not long since we found that our whole spoil Had been destroyed, both herds and flocks, slaughtered By some man's hand, their guardians dead beside them. Now 'tis on him that all men lay this guilt: And a scout who had seen him swiftly bounding Across the plain alone with reeking sword, Informed me and bore witness ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**